WHO announces another record daily increase in coronavirus infections
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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced a record daily increase in coronavirus infections worldwide. On Sunday, there were 307,930 cases of infection in the last 24 hours.
The highest number of infections was reported in India (94,372), the United States (45,523) and Brazil (43,718). In total, 28.79 million have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide so far.
WHO also reported 5,537 deaths in the last 24 hours. Thus, the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic is 917,417.
In both the US and India, over 1,000 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, and 874 people have died in Brazil.
The previous highest daily increase in WHO infections was recorded on September 6, when 306,857 new infections were found. Most deaths in one day occurred on April 17, when 12,430 deaths were reported.
(PAP)
